GRE Word List
PERT
saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured
The meaning of the word pert is saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| recuperate | to get back : regain |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |